We build for the card flippers.
FireCardManagerTCG exists for the sellers who move sub-$100 TCG and non-sport cards — the hobbyists and side-hustlers buying bulk, sorting the foils and chase pulls, and listing fast. Here’s exactly what that costs you with a subscription-based competitor, and what it costs with us.
Our core business: supporting the sub-$100 card market
Most TCG inventory software is priced like you’re running a card shop with a vault of graded chase cards. We built FireCardManagerTCG for the other 95% of sellers — the ones flipping $3, $5, $10, and $20 commons, uncommons, and mid-tier singles by the hundreds, where every dollar of overhead eats directly into razor-thin margins.
A seller moving sub-$100 cards can’t absorb a $30–$150/mo (or more) software bill the way a shop moving graded $500+ chase pulls can. So we priced FireCardManagerTCG the way we’d want it priced if we were still sorting bulk, scanning binders, and listing nights and weekends: pay a flat fee twice a year or once a year — never a monthly bill — and keep what you earn.
What eBay actually takes on every sale
These eBay fees apply no matter which software you use to list and track your cards — they’re the baseline every sub-$100 seller already pays.
| Sale Price | Final Value Fee (12.35%) | Per-Order Fee | Total eBay Fees | You Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.00 card | $0.37 | $0.30 | $0.67 | $2.33 |
| $10.00 card | $1.24 | $0.30 | $1.54 | $8.46 |
| $20.00 card | $2.47 | $0.40 | $2.87 | $17.13 |
Based on eBay’s standard trading-card final value fee (12.35% up to $2,500/item) plus the per-order fee ($0.30 for orders $10.00 or less, $0.40 for orders over $10.00), per eBay’s Store Selling Fees page, October 2026.
Monthly overhead for a 1,000-card store
Listing up to 1,000 fixed-price items a month requires eBay’s Basic Store ($21.95/mo with an annual commitment, $27.95/mo month-to-month) — that part is unavoidable no matter what software you run. The difference is what you pay on top of it.
| Platform | Monthly Software Cost | eBay Basic Store | Total Monthly Overhead | $5 cards to cover it* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synq (TCG Card Manager) | $29–$149/mo | $21.95 | $50.95–$170.95 | 13–42 |
| SortSwift (top tier) | up to $499/mo | $21.95 | up to $520.95 | up to 128 |
| FireCardManagerTCG | $5.00–$6.67/mo (license amortized: $59.99/12mo or $39.99/6mo) | $21.95 | $26.95–$28.62 | 7–8 |
*Based on $4.08 net profit per $5 card after eBay’s 12.35% final value fee + $0.30 per-order fee, rounded up to a whole card. TCG Automate and Card Dealer Pro also run on recurring subscription/credit models without a single published flat rate, so they aren’t included in this table — but the same math applies: anything billed monthly comes straight out of your $5-card profit. Competitor pricing is publicly listed on each company’s own site as of October 2026; see our full Comparison page for sources.
The real cost: how many $5 cards pay your software bill?
Every $5 card nets about $4.08 after eBay’s cut. Here’s how many of those sales get burned every single month just covering someone else’s subscription — before you’ve made a dime of actual profit.
To keep this comparison fair, we’re not counting our own license as free: spread over its term, FireCardManagerTCG works out to $5.00–$6.67/mo (cheaper on the 12-month plan). That’s still a fraction of a stacked subscription — and renewing is a flat $39.99 every 6 months or $59.99 every year — never automatic, never monthly — while a subscription-based competitor’s bill resets every month, forever. At the high end, a platform like SortSwift can eat well over 100 cards a month before you’ve earned a dollar of profit, versus 7–8 with us.
